Senior Financial Analyst

Randstad Finance; Witney; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Finance in Witney is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for a 9-month hybrid assignment. The role embeds within manufacturing, partnering with site operations to drive financial performance and ensure robust month-end closes.

You will manage cost centres, perform deep-dive costing, support quarterly forecasting and annual plans, and drive process improvements while maintaining strong controls.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant or close finalist with manufacturing experience.
• Hands-on cost accounting and manufacturing cost analysis expertise.
• Strong stakeholder management and factory-floor collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Operations business partnering with site operations to drive plans and results.
• Cost accounting and analysis including cost drivers and variances.
• Lead quarterly re-forecasting and annual planning processes.
• Manage month-end close, reconciliations and journal entries.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and support compliance initiatives.

Skills

Cost accounting

Business partnering

Forecasting

Month-end close

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Job description

We are partnering with a global leader in healthcare and medical technology in their search for a Senior Financial Analyst. This is a 9-month temporary role based in Witney, offering a hybrid working model (4 days per week in the office, 1 day at home) and a day rate equivalent of up to 65,000 per annum (PAYE).

The Role:

Reporting to the Operations Finance Manager, you will act as a key finance business partner embedded within the manufacturing site. Working closely with factory operations, you will manage site manufacturing cost centres, perform deep dives into production yields and product launches, and ensure accurate financial controls and monthly closes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operations Business Partnering: Partner with site operational teams to drive ownership of plans and results, offering financial analysis on overheads, project expenses, and manufacturing management.
• Cost Accounting & Analysis: Perform deep-dive manufacturing costing analysis, monitor yield variances, cost drivers, and obtain a detailed understanding of Costing OMC variances.
• Planning & Re-forecasting: Lead quarterly re-forecasting (LBE) schedules and annual planning processes, creating slide decks and advice on drivers of change for management reviews.
• Month-End Close: Manage assigned balance sheet reconciliations, monthly journal entries, and accurate workday-two close processing.
• Process Improvement & Compliance: Identify cost-saving opportunities in material, labour, and overheads, while supporting internal audit compliance activities and process redesign.

This role could be right for you if you have:

• Qualifications: Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), a close finalist, or Qualified by Experience (QBE) with demonstrable manufacturing background.
• Cost Accounting: Essential hands-on experience in cost accounting and manufacturing cost analysis.
• Business Partnering: Outstanding stakeholder management skills with the confidence to collaborate directly with operational managers on the factory floor.
• Re-forecasting & Reporting: Experience handling quarterly re-forecasting cycles, budgeting, and month-end closes under tight deadlines.
• Soft Skills: High attention to detail, proactive attitude, and an ability to quickly pick up internal systems.

Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003